Weekly Round-Up: The Life is a Lot Edition

Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, just leave a comment below.

I am stealing this week’s Weekly Round-Up tagline – “life is a lot” – from Elizabeth‘s latest post on problem-solving – sometimes life truly is a lot and there is not much we can do to solve some of its problems.

In my talk, I also stressed the importance of physicians involving themselves in online social media discourse and pointed to Dr Deanna Attai’s involvement in #BCSM as a great example of this. In her latest post, Dr Attai writes about why she feels compelled to use social media to reach patients.

A moving post from Julieton how the anniversary of her mastectomy is a reminder that sadness and anxiety are unexpectedly close to the surface.

As we know so well cancer is not simply a medical problem. This week’s blog from Stephanie identifies how the lack of a holistic perspective of a cancer survivor can silence them from getting the support they deserve.

Thanks so much for including me, Marie! This piece was really close to my heart–and it really makes me happy that I’m able to share my rowing community of support with my blogosphere community of support! 🙂

". . .and the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and JOYFUL, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home."
Wendell Berry